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Japan looks to plug potential crypto holes in Russia sanctions

Individuals can use cryptocurrency exchanges that don’t verify the identity of customers to conduct transactions even if they are in sanctioned countries.
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A-bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons amid Ukraine crisis

Remarks by Russian leader Vladimir Putin about his country's nuclear arsenal have drawn ire from those who lived through the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings.
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COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 10,517 new cases, slightly down from last Friday

The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 11,255.6, down from 11,794.3 a week before.
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Big Oil’s plastic boom threatens U.N.’s ‘historic’ pollution pact

When the U.N. agreed on a deal to create the world's first ever global plastic pollution treaty, every party was quick to claim victory, but ...
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How Germany’s historic shift on military spending could affect Japan’s defense plans

Berlin’s about-face on its modest defense budget, which immediately followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has already begun to re-energize the issue of spending in Tokyo.
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Fire at Ukraine nuclear plant rattles nerves across the globe

Amid panic and disinformation, observers and experts have worked to ascertain the situation on the ground at the Zaporizhzhia plant, which was witness to a ...
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Nissan won’t appeal ruling that carmaker hid Carlos Ghosn’s pay

Meanwhile, lawyers for Nissan's former director, Greg Kelly, said they will appeal a ruling that saw him given a suspended sentence.
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On the exodus west, Ukrainians flee hardship for an uncertain future

In the past week, more than 1 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries, according to the United Nations. One million more are internally displaced.
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Japan still unable to set nuclear policy direction, 11 years on from disaster

All of the country's 27 idled reactors waiting for regulatory approval for a restart need to be brought online in order to achieve the government's ...
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Honda joins Ford by selling green bonds in electric car push

Companies and governments are rushing to the green bond market to finance all kinds of environmentally-friendly initiatives.